Tag: Prasad Harichandan

Bhubaneswar: Protesting simultaneous raids on the house of Balasore MP Rabindra Jena, Cuttack-Choudwar MLA Pravat Biswal and Saroj Sahu, a former personal assistant of chief minister Naveen Patnaik, activists of student and youth wings of BJD staged protest demonstration in front of the CBI office here today. Reports said the activists of Biju Chhatra Janata […]

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Pradesh Congress Committee (OPCC) president Prasad Harichandan on Monday alleged that the State government has ‘altered’ the numbers of child deaths due to Japanese Encephalitis (JE) in Malkangiri district so that it has to cough up less compensation. Harichandan who was addressing a gathering near Raj Bhawan, where the party was holding a […]

Bhubaneswar: Dissidence within the Congress party ostensibly over the party’s State leadership on Tuesday hit another level, with MLAs remaining absent in a meeting called by Odisha Pradesh Congress Committee (OPCC) president Prasad Harichandan in Koraput. Party sources said, the Congress leader had asked the legislators to meet and discuss with them regarding the ensuing […]

Bhubaneswar: Talks of Congress infighting in Odisha has intensified further after Pradesh Congress has called the district presidents to meet on Monday, a day before the meeting of Congress Legislature Party (CLP). Meeting of legislators, which usually takes place a day or two before the Assembly session, has raised many eyebrows, hinting at growing conflict […]

Paradip: The arrest of Congress leader Bapi Sarkehl in connection with the murder of Seaways Shipping Company GM Mahendra Swain has created ripple in the political circle with top party leaders giving mixed statements. After the arrest of Sarkhel, who had contested 2014 poll unsuccessfully from Paradip Assembly constituency on Congress ticket, hundreds of supporters […]

Bhubaneswar: The attempt to cement cracks between party legislature and Pradesh Congress Committee ended in fiasco today after the student leaders of the party barged into a hotel conference hall where party in-charge of Odisha BK Hariprasad, deputy in-charge Subhankar Sarkar were engaged in discussion with PCC chief Prasad Harichandan and legislature party chief Narasingh […]

New Delhi/Bhubaneswar: The suspense surrounding the meeting of the 23 District Congress Committee (DCC) presidents with their national vice-president Rahul Gandhi in New Delhi ended as all the district chiefs emerging out of the meeting voiced their unequivocal and unstinting support for the PCC president Prasad Harichandan. The rumour, which was flying thick and fast […]

New Delhi/Bhubaneswar: The meeting of the 23 District Congress Committee (DCC) presidents along with some PCC general secretaries of Odisha with party vice-president Rahul Gandhi scheduled this afternoon at his residence in New Delhi was postponed to tomorrow. AICC leader and co-in-charge of Odisha Congress Subhankar Sarkar said Rahul could not attend the meeting in […]

Bhubaneswar: Leaders of Congress party here avoided commenting on the November 2 meeting between Odisha Pradesh Congress Committee (OPCC) chief Prasad Harichandan and party’s vice president Rahul Gandhi, as the former is expected to show his strength amid talks that the party wants a change of guard in the State. All India Congress Committee (AICC) […]

Bhubaneswar: Speculations on a support base test of present PCC chief Prasad Harichandan to be undertaken by the Congress central leadership in coming days intensified today after 22 party district presidents got a call to meet vice president Rahul Gandhi on November 2 in New Delhi. Sources said the party’s Central leadership has decided to […]

Bhubaneswar: After the Congress legislators met party President Sonia Gandhi and vice-president Rahul Gandhi in New Delhi recently setting off a rumour regarding removal of Prasad Harichandan as the PCC chief, a meeting of Niranjan Patnaik and some senior Congress leaders with Opposition leader Narasingha Mishra at the latter’s residence here today set tongues wagging […]

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha Congress today announced formation of committees at the state, block and panchayat level for the ensuing panchayat polls scheduled in February next year. Briefing media persons after presiding over the PCC Coordination Committee meeting, PCC president Prasad Harichandan said for the overall management of panchayat polls, campaigning and selection of candidates, Pradesh […]

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Pradesh Congress Committee (OPCC) president Prasad Harichandan and Leader of Opposition (LoP) Narasingha Mishra met All India Congress Committee (AICC) vice-president Rahul Gandhi in New Delhi this afternoon. According to sourece, they met the party president at his residence located at Toglak road. According to sources, Rahul hold discussion on the report submitted […]

OPCC chief Prasad Harichandan today said the 12-hour bandh called by the party in the State tomorrow will be a reprimand to both the Odisha and Chhaatisgarh State governments and a solution to the Mahanadi water issue will come out

Bhubaneswar: The Congress on Sunday accused the BJD government in the state of allowing Chhattisgarh to go ahead with the construction of a host of projects in the upper catchments on Mahanadi, leading to the current row between the two neighbours over the sharing of water. “The BJD government led by chief minister Naveen Patnaik […]